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A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals to the Royal Navy

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№ 250

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3 December 2020

Hammer Price:
£120

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (C. Fuller. Sto. H.M.S. Barracouta.) small impressed naming, minor edge bruising, very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals to the Royal Navy.

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Approximately 262 no clasp Queen’s South Africa Medals awarded to H.M.S. Barracouta.

Charles William Fuller was born in Stonar, Kent, on 22 October 1874 and joined the Royal Navy on 2 January 1894. Promoted Stoker on 15 September of that year, he joined H.M.S. Barracouta on 1 April 1898 and served in her during the Boer War. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 July 1906, he was invalided out of the service on 9 November 1911.

Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.